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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

These are the telecommunication companies that, by order of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, must provide to the NSA telephone
metadata for all calls originating or terminating in the United States,
as described in a Jan. 3, 2014 FISA court order.

Sometimes the most interesting part of a classified document is what
is blacked out. That’s where you can tell, by context, what kind of
information is still considered too secret for public consumption.

Responding to the revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden,
the U.S. government has provided unprecedented transparency about the
nation’s spying apparatus—all in a bid to quell public dissent—by
releasing thousands of pages of once-classified documents.

As of January, the government said it has released 2,700 pages of once-classified documents,
including 44 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions and
orders, 11 government filings to that court, 24 once-classified
documents provided to Congress, and 20 other reports that include
training slides and other materials. Clearly, the documents shed light
on the NSA, although plenty of secrets remain secret.

But even when the government divulges its secrets, it rarely provides the full picture.

In that vein, WIRED is publishing a gallery highlighting the redaction of important information about NSA snooping.

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